THERAPY AND DEDICATION

TO YOU, THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT...TO ME, THIS IS THERAPY! THIS IS WHERE IS GET TO WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THIS FULL MIND OF MINE! I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MY HEAD FILLS UP WITH SO MUCH SO QUICK. SO THIS IS WERE I POUR IT ALL OUT EVEN THE PERSONAL STUFF, EVEN THE STUFF THAT'S BOTHERING ME, EVEN STUFF THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT UNTIL I START WRITING! I HOPE YOU DON'T JUDGE ME AND JUST KNOW I'M WRITING THIS SO MAYBE I'M HELPING SOMEONE ELSE OUT BY THEM SEEING THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMS TOO AND MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THINGS AS US! MY WHOLE MIND AND SOUL GO INTO THIS, SO ENJOY! THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH A MAN CAN TAKE IN A CERTAIN DAY SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WRITE IT ALL ON HERE AND NOT TELL GENE EVERYTHING. HE READS STUFF ON HERE BEFORE I TELL HIM. BUT THAT'S GOOD CUZ THEN IF HE'S NOT REALLY LISTENING TO ME, THEN HE CAN ALWAYS COME ON HERE AND REFRESH HIS MEMORY SO HE WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I TOLD HIM AN HOUR AGO! LOL ! GOOD ONE GENE!
MOST OF THESE PICTURES ARE FROM MAY WHEN WE WENT TO ST.LOUIS. SOME HOW THEY NEVER GOT PUT ON HERE AND I JUST FOUND THEM!

LAST NIGHT GENE AND I GOT TO GO ENJOY A MOVIE TOGETHER! THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD BEEN TO THE MOVIES TOGETHER IN A VERY LONG TIME! WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS, YOU CANT JUST GET UP AND GO SOMEWHERE ANYMORE. YOU HAVE TO LIKE PLAN A MONTH AHEAD OF TIME TO JUST GET A TWO HOUR DATE NIGHT! THIS TIME EMILY AND ADAM CAME TO THE RESCUE. I KNEW THEY HAD BEEN WANTING TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE KIDS, SO I CALLED THEM UP AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME PLAY WITH THEM FOR A COUPLE HOURS SO WE COULD GO TO THE MOVIES! OF COURSE THEY CAME RIGHT ON OVER. GENE AND I PICKED A GREAT NIGHT TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY $5 TO GET INTO THE MOVIES PLUS YOU GOT A FREE BOX OF POPCORN AND DRINK! AWESOME! GENE TOLD ME I WAS A CHEAP DATE! THANKS HUNNY! ANYWAY...WE WENT TO SEE "JULIE &JULIA"! GREAT MOVIE, HORRIBLE ENDING! WE WERE SO ENJOYING THE MOVIE AND THEN IT ENDED AND WE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK! UGH I HATE THAT! WE SHOULD HAVE JUST WENT TO SEE THE MOVIE THAT I HAD BEEN DYING TO SEE ANYWAY..."THE TIME TRAVELERS WIFE"

BUT REALLY IT WASN'T EVEN ABOUT WHAT MOVIE WE SAW, IT WAS ABOUT US GETTING TO ENJOY "US" TIME FOR A COUPLE HOURS. WE GOT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IN THE TRUCK ON THE WAY THERE WITHOUT BEING INTERRUPTED BY MOMMY, DADDY, WHATS THAT?, AND THE SCREAMING! GENE OR I HAVE HAD OUR CHILDREN 98% OF THEIR LIVES. THEY AREN'T AWAY FROM US VERY MUCH SO WHEN WE DO GET TO GO OUT, ITS KIND OF NICE BUT YET WE ARE ALWAYS SO READY TO GET BACK TO THEM! ITS CRAZY HOW THAT HAPPENS! IF THEY AREN'T WITH US, WE ARE SOOO MISSIN THEM!!

LET ME TELL YOU HOW AUNT EM AND DA'S 2 HOURS WENT WITH THE KIDS.LOL ...I CALLED EMILY THE SECOND WE GOT OUT OF THE MOVIES AND ASKED HER HOW THE KIDS WERE. "CRAZY" SHE SAID! SHE SAID CARTER HAD MADE THEM WATCH ALL THREE OF HIS BABY EINSTEIN MOVIES AND THEY WERE ABOUT TO GO INSANE. THEY HAD THEIR FEEL FOR THEM AND NEVER WANTED TO SEE THOSE MOVIES EVER AGAIN! LOL! WELCOME TO OUR WORLD! THEY PROBABLY WONT EVER WANT TO BABYSIT AGAIN! BUT OTHER THAN THAT THEY HAD A GOOD TIME WITH THEM AND THE KIDS WERE GOOD! BOTH HAD THEIR P.J'S ON AND WERE READY FOR BED WHEN WE WALKED IN! THANKS AUNT EM AND DA ! WE LOVE Y'ALL!
SUNDAY WE ARE HAVING THE BABIES DEDICATED! WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT! WE HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL SUMMER TO DO THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME GENE WAS OFF THEN OUR PREACHER WAS OUT OF TOWN OR SOMETHING ALWAYS CAME UP. BUT FINALLY WE GOT IT TOGETHER AND WE ARE DOING IT SUNDAY! I THINK MY WHOLE FAMILY FROM MISSOURI IS COMING PLUS ALL OF US HERE! I THINK THAT WILL MAKE 16 OR SO OF US! WE WILL SURE FILL THAT CHURCH UP! AFTER THE SERVICE, GENE AND I HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE A LIL PARTY AT OUR HOUSE! WE ARE HAVING A LUNCH AND CAKE FOR OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO COME HELP CELEBRATE THIS WONDERFUL EVENT WITH US! SO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO COME FOR GENE'S HOMEMADE SPAGHETTI AND CAKE SUNDAY JUST LET ME KNOW! WE CANT WAIT! WE ARE HAVING THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR TONY ELAM SING US A SONG FOR THE KIDS DEDICATION. I FOUND THIS SONG CALLED
"I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE YOU". ITS PERFECT. HES GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB

Lord, I want to be just like You
'Cause he wants to be just like me
I want to be a holy example
For his innocent eyes to see
Help me be a living Bible, Lord
That my little boy can read
I want to be just like You
'Cause he wants to be like me!